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  • Camus’ Touching Letter to Teacher After Receiving Nobel Prize

    Camus’ Touching Letter to Teacher After Receiving Nobel Prize0

    Albert Camus grew up knowing he wanted to be a writer. He became one of the best—perhaps because of the interest and affection of one great teacher. Born in 1913 in Algeria to poor French parents, Camus got the opportunity to study at a university in Algeria despite his humble upbringing. He began writing for

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  • Camus and Sartre: How Communism Drove them Apart

    Camus and Sartre: How Communism Drove them Apart2

    They were an odd pair. Albert Camus was French Algerian, a pied-noir born into poverty who effortlessly charmed with his Bogart-esque features. Jean-Paul Sartre, from the upper reaches of French society, was never mistaken for a handsome man. They met in Paris during the Occupation and grew closer after the Second World War. In those

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  • Campuses Should Resist Canceling Controversial Speakers

    Campuses Should Resist Canceling Controversial Speakers0

    I have no opinion on Milo Yiannopoulos, the editor at Breitbart News whose acceptance of an invitation to speak at the University of California Berkeley recently sparked a massive protest that turned into a riot. All I know is that he’s gay, Jewish, and lands somewhere on the right. I’ve never read anything he has written. I have never seen him

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  • Campus Wokeness and the Evolution of Profanity

    Campus Wokeness and the Evolution of Profanity0

    Last month, the University of Southern California removed a business professor from his classroom after he said a Chinese word that is pronounced similarly to the N-word. Warning his students against using filler words during presentations, Professor Greg Patton gave examples such as “um,” “like.” and – in an effort to be inclusive of Chinese students – ne

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  • Campus Institutes 24/7 Surveillance of Students

    Campus Institutes 24/7 Surveillance of Students0

    Always ahead of the curve when it comes to getting top academic performances, China seems to have found a new way to make their students serious about studying. Their latest secret to success? Surveillance cameras. As The Guardian describes it: “A university in central China has reportedly been using surveillance cameras to monitor virtually every

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  • Camille Paglia: Neo feminism teaching women to live in ‘a permanently juvenile condition’

    Camille Paglia: Neo feminism teaching women to live in ‘a permanently juvenile condition’0

    Not long ago, feminist scholar and activist Camille Paglia made waves when she excoriated those who insist on the use of genderless pronouns: “How dare you, you sniveling little maniac, tell us how we’re going to use pronouns. Go take a hike!”  Now Paglia is back with some more surprising – and politically incorrect –

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